Maximilian Lenz | Pittore della Secessione Viennese

Maximilian Lenz (Vienna, 1860-1948) è stato un pittore, grafico e scultore Austriaco. Fu membro fondatore della Secessione di Vienna; durante il periodo più importante della sua carriera fu simbolista, ma in seguito il suo lavoro divenne sempre più naturalistico.

Ha lavorato in una varietà di media, inclusi oli, acquerelli, litografia e rilievi in metallo.

Thomas Dewing | Lady in Yellow, 1888

Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938) created a striking contrast between the precisely modeled face and arms, and the very free, feathery brushstrokes of the dress.

The painting was exhibited in 1888 at the Boston Art Club, where it was purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner with the help of Dennis Miller Bunker.

The painting was then exhibited to considerable acclaim at the National Academy of Design and at the Paris Universal Exposition of 1889.

Stanford White designed the frame, which is original to the painting. Mrs. Gardner hung the painting in the Yellow Room, a setting perfectly attuned to the hue of the woman’s dress. | Source: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Thomas Wilmer Dewing | Lady in Yellow, 1888 | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Alfred Sisley at the Museum Barberini

Located in Potsdam’s historic center (Germany), the Museum Barberini is an art museum that was initiated by Hasso Plattner, the founder of the German software company SAP and a patron of the arts.

Since its opening in 2017, the Barberini has established itself as one of the most popular museums in Germany with international exhibitions and an extraordinary collection of Impressionist paintings.

From Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, Rembrandt van Rijn, and Gerhard Richter to ancient sculpture, French Impressionism and Baroque painting, the Museum Barberini embraces all styles and eras, and aims to continually offer new perspectives on art.

Alfred Sisley | Near Moret-sur-Loing, 1881 | Museum Barberini

In 1882 Alfred Sisley moved to Moret-sur-Loing, a town to the south of Paris, where he explored the landscape that was crisscrossed by rivers and canals.

The wooden construction in the foreground likely belongs to one of the boatyards that dotted the Loing Canal, which was used for industrial purposes.

The detail of this construction adds a modern element to the timeless scenery.

Élisabeth Sonrel | Art Nouveau painter

Elisabeth Sonrel (1874-1953) was a French painter and illustrator in the Art Nouveau style.

Her works included allegorical subjects, mysticism, symbolism, portraits and landscapes.

She was the daughter of Nicolas Stéphane Sonrel, a painter from Tours, and received her early training from him.

For further study she went on to Paris as a student of Jules Lefebvre at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts.

Herbert Arnould Olivier (British, 1861-1952)

Herbert Arnould Olivier, R.I. was a British artist, best known for his portrait and landscape paintings. He was an uncle of Laurence Olivier.

Olivier was born in Battle, East Sussex, England, where his father Henry Arnould Olivier was a clergyman. His brothers were Henry (1850–1935), who had a military career, ending as a colonel; Sydney (the father of Noël and Daphne), who became Governor of Jamaica and later Secretary of State for India; and Gerard (1869-1939), a clergyman (the father of Laurence Olivier). He also had four sisters.

Olivier was educated between 1875-1877 at Sherborne School, a public school in Dorset and in 1922 gave his painting Easter Morn to the school.

Gottfrid Kallstenius (1861-1943)

Gottfrid Samuel Nikolaus Kallstenius (Nacka, 13 luglio 1861 - Nacka, 26 maggio 1943) è stato un pittore Svedese.

Gottfrid Kallstenius è nato a Västervik, in Svezia. Suo fratello Evald Gustaf Götrik Kallstenius (nato nel 1868) era un zoologo e membro della sfortunata spedizione Björling–Kallstenius.

Dopo gli studi preparatori con Edvard Perséus, fu ammesso alla Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts nel 1884 e si laureò nel 1888, dopo aver ricevuto due medaglie per il suo lavoro.

Nel 1891 sposò la pittrice Gerda Roosval. Poco dopo gli fu assegnata una borsa di studio di viaggio e trascorsero un'estate a Parigi, completando i loro studi.

Antanas Žmuidzinavičius (1876-1966)

Antanas Žmuidzinavičius (31 October 1876 - 9 August 1966) was a Lithuanian painter and art collector.

Educated at the Veiveriai Teachers' Seminary, Žmuidzinavičius worked as a teacher while pursuing art education in the evenings in Warsaw.

He further studied at the Académie Colarossi and Académie Vitti in Paris.

In 1906, he returned to Lithuania and organized the First Exhibition of Lithuanian Art and the Lithuanian Art Society which he chaired.

He also established the Vilnius Art Society which united artists of different nationalities.

In 1908-1909 and 1921-1924, he toured western Europe and the United States.

Stikki Peaches | Street art

Canadian artist Stikki Peaches, is renown for having his work spotted around the world and also known for employing techniques through the uses of acrylic paint, collage and silk screens he covers international landscapes with his pop-culture references and lowbrow street art.

Stikki Peaches’ works are featured in the URBAN NATION 2018 exhibition, ‘UN-DERSTAND The Power of Art as a Social Architect’.

From his early stages in 2008, his tagline, “What If Art Ruled The World?” has captivated the public in contemplation and in awe of his unique skill and nostalgic street art.

Claude Debussy: "Music is the space between the notes"!

(Achille) Claude Debussy (22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term.

He was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Born to a family of modest means and little cultural involvement, Debussy showed enough musical talent to be admitted at the age of ten to France's leading music college, the Conservatoire de Paris.

He originally studied the piano, but found his vocation in innovative composition, despite the disapproval of the Conservatoire's conservative professors.

He took many years to develop his mature style, and was nearly 40 when he achieved international fame in 1902 with the only opera he completed, Pelléas et Mélisande.

Jacques-Émile Blanche (1861-1942) | Claude Debussy, 1902

Wassily Kandinsky: "Il colore è un potere che influenza direttamente l'anima"!

• "Il colore è il tasto, l'occhio il martelletto, l'anima il pianoforte dalle molte corde.

L'artista è una mano che toccando questo o quel tasto mette in vibrazione l'anima umana".

• "Colour is the keyboard, the eyes are the hammers, the soul is the piano with many strings.

The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another purposively, to cause vibrations in the soul".

• "A parallel between color and music can only be relative - just as a violin can give warm shades of tone, so yellow has shades, which can be expressed by various instruments".

• "In generale il colore è un mezzo che consente di esercitare un influsso diretto sull'anima".

Martha Graham: "La danza è un canto del corpo, sia esso di gioia o di pena"!

• "I più grandi ballerini non sono grandi per il loro livello tecnico, sono grandi per la loro passione".

• "Le nostre braccia hanno origine dalla schiena perché un tempo erano ali".

• "Non danziamo con i piedi: danziamo con le ovaie, con l’utero, e con tutto il corpo e l’anima".

• "Io non volevo essere un albero, un fiore o un’onda. Nel corpo di una danzatrice noi, in quanto pubblico, dobbiamo vedere noi stessi, non l’imitazione del comportamento, delle azioni di ogni giorno; non fenomeni della natura, non creature esotiche di un altro pianeta: ma qualcosa, una piccola cosa di quel miracolo che è l’essere umano".

Anna Vinogradova